Chicago's Highways Old And New: From Indian Trail to Motor Road. Introduction by Joy V. Morton
by Milo M. Quaife
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: D. F. Keller & Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, 278 pages, cloth. Inscribed on the endpaper to Ralph Frese, the vital force behind the Chicagoland Canoe Base, and canoeing and kayaking in regional rivers. "Everything in Frese's life could be tied to the canoe. He was passionate about history, particularly Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette, the French explorers who traveled by water to establish Chicago on a 1673 voyage down the Mississippi. In 1973, Frese caught the paddling community's attention with a 3,000-mile reenactment in replica canoes and period costumes."
Quaife's seminal study of Chicago's roads and transportation. Quaife "has pictured the life, the travelers, and transportation methods before the coming of trhe canal and the railroads; he describes an eventful period which has hertofore had but little considerations, and has succeeded in linking the old with the new in a most interesting way - Joy Morton." Illustrated, with 3 fold-out maps, and other cuts.
Quaife's seminal study of Chicago's roads and transportation. Quaife "has pictured the life, the travelers, and transportation methods before the coming of trhe canal and the railroads; he describes an eventful period which has hertofore had but little considerations, and has succeeded in linking the old with the new in a most interesting way - Joy Morton." Illustrated, with 3 fold-out maps, and other cuts.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6040
- Title
- Chicago's Highways Old And New
- Author
- Milo M. Quaife
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- D. F. Keller & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- chicago, highways, Illinois, rivers,
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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